Avellon Williams
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Choosing a partner is no problem for John Boyega. The 30-year-old Star Wars actor told British GQ that now that he’s in his thirties, both work and his personal life are a “priority.”
“I’m 30 now. From 28, I just worked on getting peace and getting myself together,” Moving with honesty and transparency, no misleading, no lying, and being devoted to what I commit myself to.”
After becoming more serious about finding love, Boyega knows what he wants in a partner. “I only date Black,” he said. “Then it’s about chemistry, personality, goals. Is there a synergy? Can I help you? Can you help me?”
He added, “my approach is very disciplined when it comes to the types of women I speak to. They don’t want you interfering with their business.”
According to Boyega, he draws inspiration from his parents, who have been together for 35 years. “Being in the public eye, they would prefer if you had the wife and family,” he said. “It’s the ultimate PR package. But my parents have been together for 35 years.
There’s nothing that this world can do in terms of pressure to make me be inspired by anything else but my parents.”
As part of SiriusXM’s Bevelations, host Bevy Smith asked the Golden Globe winner about his preference for women who are “brown and thick.”
“Well, let’s be honest, I wouldn’t have said that at 27, 28, but now I’m like, “You’ve got to speak it into existence,” Boyega explained. “Brown and thick, melanin levels past 75 percent. Thick levels. You have to be looking good.”
John Boyega
Before his career took off with his 2015 debut in the Star Wars series, Boyega sought dating advice from Robert Downey Jr. and Orlando Bloom. “It was time for me to sit down with someone who’s been through the extremes of Hollywood and to be given some tips as to how to stay stable,” Boyega told GQ.
He explained that the topic of women quickly came up. “As a celebrity, people advise you to choose someone who doesn’t care about your career,” Boyega said. Despite that, the British actor disagreed, telling his new mentors, “She has to care about it in order to comprehend it.”
Fans were surprised by such press reports because they know the British actor as a hero who triumphed over hardship and fought against insidious villains in Star Wars. Their belief is that he is incapable of establishing relationships with women.
A QUICK GLANCE AT JOHN BOYEGA
John Boyega is a British actor and producer born on March 17th, 1992, in Peckham, London, to Nigerian parents, Abigail and Samson. His mother volunteers to care for the disabled. His father is a Pentecostal Minister and wanted his son to follow in his footsteps.
However, John Boyega chose to pursue his dream of becoming an actor, and his father supported him in this choice.
As a high school student, John Boyega attended Westminster City School in 2003. He studied at South Thames College’s Wandsworth campus from 2008 to 2010.
The National Diploma he earned there focused on Performing Arts. At the University of Greenwich, he studied BA Film Studies & Media Writing. After a while, he discontinued the course and focused on his acting career.
In 2011, John Boyega made his film debut in Attack the Block. During the same year, he also appeared in Junkhearts as Jamal. Over the course of his acting career, he has been recognized for his talent. A British Independent Award was presented to him in 2011. In the following year, he won three Black Reel Awards.
It was in 2013 that he starred in My Murder, and later in Half of a Yellow Sun he played the lead role. Rising to Stardom, John Boyega experienced a career turning point in 2015. The role he played in Star Wars: The Force Awakens catapulted his acting career to new heights. He was cast as Finn in the film.
In January 2016, John Boyega established Upperroom Entertainment Limited, a production company. Also, that year, Kathryn Bigelow cast him in Detroit.
The popular series Game of Thrones was criticized by John Boyega in July 2017. The new episodes of the project do not have any dark-skinned characters, according to the English actor.
GQ magazine interviewed the actor about it. Similarly, Boyega claims that The Lord of the Rings does not have a single black artist. Consequently, the actor accused the directors of having a biased attitude toward African Americans.
“I ain’t paying money to always see one type of person on-screen. Because you see different people from different backgrounds, and different cultures, every day.
Even if you’re a racist, you have to live with that,” the Evening Standard newspaper quoted the British actor as saying. There is a perception among some viewers that John is dissatisfied with this situation since he doesn’t appear in the most successful series of the day. It was because of this issue that the actor raised the issue of black artists in popular films, according to Internet users.
In reality, a certain number of dark-skinned actors have also appeared in Game of Thrones, despite its widespread perception that mostly white actors star in the show.
One of the first to respond to John Boyega’s arguments was George Martin, the author of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” The television series Game of Thrones was based on his works. Thus, by Martin’s reckoning, the world in which the events of his works take place differs considerably from America in the 21st century, mainly because modern people have created entirely new rules of life.
There is no doubt that movies can play tricks with our minds and lead us to ask some pertinent questions. In Hollywood, good looks and height tend to have a positive effect on career success. In spite of the fact that it’s not always the case, it can still be helpful to a certain extent. As for John Boyega, he is not lacking in heights or swagger. He stands tall at 5 feet 9 inches.
